Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 7:46

"My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment." — Luke 7:46 (ASV)

My head with oil thou didst not anoint:

"You, the host, whose duty it was to anoint a guest, did not do it."

But this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

The best ointment she possessed or could procure.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

"That is a common custom for a guest of high standing, but you did not observe it; yet this woman has poured upon my feet the most precious form of perfume that could be obtained anywhere."

But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

"You said in your heart that, if I had been a prophet, I should have known who and what manner of woman this was. I do know, and I am telling you. If you had given me a kiss, you would only have coldly kissed my brow, but she has found it in her heart to honour me by kissing my feet. Since I came in, she has not ceased to kiss them, unwashed as they were; and she has not only kissed them, but she has also washed them with her tears."

My head with oil you did not anoint:

Another usual Eastern custom with guests whom the host intended to honour.

But this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.

Anointed them, not with ordinary olive oil, but with precious costly ointment.

My head with oil you did not anoint;

This, too, was the usual custom.